Early Aramaic Script (4th Century B.C.E.) with East-Syriac Reading

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by  Ashur Cherry

Early Aramaic Script (4th Century B.C.E.) with East-Syriac Reading
Early Aramaic East-Syriac Transliteration Numerical
Script Reading Value Value
õāla õ 1

bēṯ b 2

gāmal g 3

dālaṯ/d d 4

hē h 5

waw w 6

zay(n) z 7

ḥēṯ ḥ 8

ṭēṯ ṭ 9

yō/ūd y 10

kā k 20

lāmad l 30

mīm m 40

nūn n 50

semkaṯ s 60

Õē Õ 70

pē p 80

ṣādē ṣ 90

qō q 100

rēš r 200

šīn š 300

taw t 400
Author: Ashur Cherry
York University
Title: Early Aramaic Script (4th Century B.C.E.)
with East-Syriac Reading
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario
Copyright: 2005
Ref. No.: 110

References

Diringer, David. The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Third Edition.
Volume 2. London: Hutchinson, ©1968. p. 185.

Healey, John F. “Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic scripts.” The Early Alphabet.
Berkeley: University of California Press, ©1990. p. 29.

Hetzron, Robert. (Editor) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge, ©1997. p. 35.

Dedication

I dedicate all my work published in 2005 to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV,
Catholicos-Patriarch of The Assyrian Church of the East, with love and respect.